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Course Description

This course is appropriate for customers working in all DB2 environments, that is, z/OS, VM/VSE, iSeries, Linux, UNIX, and Windows. It is also appropriate for customers working in an Informix environment.

Objectives

Code SQL statements to retrieve data from a DB2 or Informix table, including the SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING and ORDER BY clauses

Code inner joins and non-correlated subqueries

Use SQL arithmetic operations

Use scalar and column functions

Use UNION and UNION ALL

INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE rows

Code simple CREATE TABLE and CREATE VIEW statements

Audience

This basic course is for everyone needing to write, support, or understand SQL queries. This includes but is not limited to end-users, programmers, application designers, database administrators, and system administrators who do not yet have knowledge of the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML).

Prerequisites

You should have:

Basic computer literacy

Basic editing skills

Database skills are not required.

Topics

Introduction

Simple SQL Queries

Retrieving Data from Multiple Tables

Scalar Functions and Arithmetic

Column Functions and Grouping

UNION and UNION ALL

Using Subqueries

Maintaining data

Badges

When you complete the Instructor-Led version of this course, you will be eligible to earn an IBM Training Badge that can be displayed on your website, business cards and social media channels to demonstrate your mastery of the skills you learned here.